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Wednesday, February 27,2013
Tribune & Georgian
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Sign up in Woodbine for 4-H summer camps
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Canoeing is just one of many activities available at several 4-H summer camps. Program
centers in Fortson,Wahsega, Rock Eagle and on Jekyll andTybee islands will open their doors
to summer campers.
The 4-H program of
Camden County currently
has open registration for this
year’s 4-H summer camp.
Georgia 4-H summer
camps provide an outdoor
summer program unparal
leled in the nation. More
than 9,000 children ages 9-
19 annually descend on five
separate 4-H camps for a
week of experiences. Every
camp is a world unto its own,
with a theme full of high ad
venture, friendship and fun.
Fortson 4-H Center, Jekyll
Island 4-H Center, Tybee Is
land 4-H Center, Wahsega
4-H Center and Rock Eagle
4-H Center will each open
their doors to campers look
ing for a summer experience.
Well-trained camp coun
selors, extension service em
ployees and certified
volunteers work together to
provide campers with mem
ories to last a lifetime.
The cost of camp includes
lodging, meals, transporta
tion and all activities for the
week.
■ This year the Cloverleaf
4-H’ers (fifth- and sixth-
graders) will go to Rock
Eagle 4-H Center Monday,
July 1 through Friday, July 5,
in Eatonton. Campers will
participate in a variety of ac
tivities, including canoeing,
healthy lifestyles, archery,
water conservation, ento
mology (bugs), forestry, her
petology (reptiles), lake
ecology and wildlife. The
cost of camp is $350 with an
$80 non-refundable deposit
due at registration, which is
now being taken.
For fifth-graders, a few
camp scholarships will be
available based on financial
need and participation in 4-
H activities. Applications are
available upon request at the
4-H office or online at
www.ugaextension.com/cam
den/4h. Applications must be
accompanied by the teacher
reference form, also located
online.
For Cloverleaf Camp at
Rock Eagle, 4-H is in need
of male and female parent
volunteers as chaperones.
Their camping expenses will
be paid by 4-H with the ex
ception of extra spending
money. If interested, parents
can let 4-H staff know at
camp registration so paper
work can be started. This
will also include a back
ground check through the
University of Georgia. Once
the paperwork and back
ground information check is
completed, the parents will
be notified if they are
needed. The number of
chaperones needed is deter
mined by how many 4-H’ers
register for camp and how
many cabins are filled.
■ Marine Resource Camp
will be held Monday, July 8
through Friday, July 12, at
Jekyll Island 4-H Center. It
is available to sixth- through
eighth-grade students.
Campers will spend a week
learning about the barrier is
lands of Georgia. They will
trek across Cumberland Is
land, trawl the seas on a real
shrimp boat, hunt for sharks’
teeth, splash at hummer
Waves, go crabbing, try
kayaking and enjoy island
living with the Jekyll 4-H
crew. The cost of the camp is
$330 with an $80 non-re
fundable deposit due at reg
istration, now being taken.
■ Junior Camp is for sev
enth- and eighth-grade 4-
H’ers. The 4-H’ers will
attend Fortson 4-H Center
in Atlanta, from Monday,
June 17 through Friday, June
21. Campers will go to the
Atlanta Motor Speedway for
a night of racing, slip down
some waterslides at Georgia’s
largest water park (White
Water) and spend a day at
$tone Mountain Park, home
highlights of camp will in
clude the zip line, canteen,
rock climbing, kickball,
archery, cook-out, herpetol
ogy, farm animals, dancing,
canoeing, free time, basket
ball, swimming, ultimate
Frisbee and nature trails.
The cost of camp is $340
with an $80 non-refundable
deposit due at registration,
now being taken.
■ henior Camp will be
held Monday, July 1 through
Friday, July 5, at Jekyll Island
4-H Center and is available
to current ninth- through
12th-grade students, henior
4-H members will spend the
week of July 4, relaxing at the
hummer Waves Water Park,
playing putt-putt and shop
ping on $t. himons Island,
listening to a dynamic
speaker, giving back through
community service activities,
attending classes and having
plenty of free time to meet
new friends and hang out on
the beach. Classes may in
clude shark fishing, dolphin
cruise, canoeing, kayaking,
biking, visiting the Georgia
$ea Turtle Center, robotics,
relationship smarts, health
rocks and more. On Thurs
day, July 4, students will have
dinner, see a talent show, and
dance at the new Jekyll Is
land Convention Center, fol
lowed by fireworks on the
beach. The cost of camp is
$310 with an $80 deposit due
at registration, now being
taken. Because henior Camp
is held the same week as
Cloverleaf Camp, trans
portation to camp is not in
cluded.
■ The Georgia 4-H hen
ior Extreme Camp at Frank
Fitch Pioneer Camp at the
Rock Eagle 4-H Center will
be held Monday, June 10
through Friday, June 14.
This is a new camp just for
henior 4-H’ers. It offers a
chance to enjoy a week in the
great outdoors. It will in
clude canoeing and fishing
on the Ocmulgee River,
shooting shotguns and
archery at Charlie Elliot
Outdoor Center and con
quering the mammoth ropes
course at Georgia College
and htate University. Stu-
dents will also night-hike the
trails at Rock Eagle, watch
an outdoor movie, run milk
with the counselors, attend
the counselor variety show,
participate in the Rock Eagle
Pageant and more. They will
also cook meals on a camp
fire and spend the night in
open-air huts and tents each
night at Pioneer Camp at
Rock Eagle. This camp is
not for the weak. It is for
outdoors persons who like
hunting, fishing, climbing
and/or camping. The cost of
camp is $300 with an $80 de
posit due at registration, now
being taken. It does not in
clude transportation to the
camp.
Registration is now being
held at the Camden Cooper
ative Extension Office in
Woodbine. The office is
open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon
day through Friday. Camp
sign-up will continue until
all available camp slots are
filled. Parents are asked not
to send the registration form
to school or by mail. Only a
parent or legal guardian may
sign a child up to attend
camp. All deposits are non-
refundable. Cash or check is
the only payment option ac
ceptable.
The final remaining pay
ment for all camps is due on
Thursday, April 25. For
more information and/or
camp registration forms, call
the office at (912) 576-3219
or browse the website at
www.ugaextension.com/cam
den/4h.
For more information on
the 4-H camps, browse the
Georgia 4-H website at
www.georgia4h.org under
Activities and Events or
under Facilities or
www.rockeagle4h.org.
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